You can try using a carbide tipped mason drill bit.Bazinga+ wrote:Epoxy and metal clips. There was no cleaner way to do it since you can't drill into a hardened steel caliper :'(NilaiVemula wrote:How did you attach the bearing block to the caliper?Bazinga+ wrote:Here is my Electric Vehicle as well as the steering mechanism I used:
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I highly recommend using the caliper steering method as it has worked very well for me and others that have used it, with the top 3 vehicles at MIT invitationals using this mechanism.
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Sorry for the typo. *masonryNilaiVemula wrote:You can try using a carbide tipped mason drill bit.Bazinga+ wrote:Epoxy and metal clips. There was no cleaner way to do it since you can't drill into a hardened steel caliper :'(NilaiVemula wrote:
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That is a metal bevel gear and a crown gear I found in some toy.NilaiVemula wrote:Thanks. Also, what kind of gears did you use between the encoder and the axle? They look really fancy.Bazinga+ wrote:Epoxy and metal clips. There was no cleaner way to do it since you can't drill into a hardened steel caliper :'(NilaiVemula wrote:
How did you attach the bearing block to the caliper?
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Don't forget to use cutting fluid too. That stuff is amazing in what it can help cut into.NilaiVemula wrote:Sorry for the typo. *masonryNilaiVemula wrote:You can try using a carbide tipped mason drill bit.Bazinga+ wrote:
Epoxy and metal clips. There was no cleaner way to do it since you can't drill into a hardened steel caliper :'(
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What are some effective ways to reduce skidding? We have tried balloons around the wheels, friction tape, and electrical tape, all with no avail.
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Has anyone tried using a PID loop to correct for any error in their Arduino distance programming? If so, has it helped significantly decrease your distance score?
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Make your vehicle heavierNilaiVemula wrote:What are some effective ways to reduce skidding? We have tried balloons around the wheels, friction tape, and electrical tape, all with no avail.
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This and accelerate and decelerate gradually if you aren't doing sowindu34 wrote:Make your vehicle heavierNilaiVemula wrote:What are some effective ways to reduce skidding? We have tried balloons around the wheels, friction tape, and electrical tape, all with no avail.
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I wrote some PID code but didn't implement it because there's not much of a point when you can get centimeter accuracy using an encoder. From what I've read, tuning would also be a pain that wouldn't be worth the time.NilaiVemula wrote:Has anyone tried using a PID loop to correct for any error in their Arduino distance programming? If so, has it helped significantly decrease your distance score?
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Making the vehicle heavier will not help because your maximum acceleration and decelleration depends only on the traction between the wheels and the floor, the mass of the car cancels out (a(max)= F/m=mgu/m=gu, where u is the friction coefficient) The only way to reduce skidding is to get high traction wheels (most everybody uses 'banebots' wheels, they work great) or to accelerate more gradually.windu34 wrote:Make your vehicle heavierNilaiVemula wrote:What are some effective ways to reduce skidding? We have tried balloons around the wheels, friction tape, and electrical tape, all with no avail.
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